[GRASS-dev] trac management - was ticket #110

[Glynn Clements]

Markus Neteler wrote:

> I have taken liverty to change that. Now trac posts as:
> 
> from            GRASS trac <trac at osgeo.org>             <<- changed sender
> reply-to        grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org,
> to              undisclosed-recipients,
> date            Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 9:05 PM
> subject         Re: [GRASS trac] #90: v.parallel: problems with inside
> corners   <<- changed prefix
> mailed-by       osgeo.org
> 
> Hope that's better.

Not in any meaningful sense. It still doesn't tell me who made the
comment, or where it fits in relation to the rest of the thread.

E.g. compare:

   40    R  Martin Landa      Mar 20   16/485   "[GRASS-dev] g.mapsets, print only accessible mapsets"
   41       Markus Neteler    Mar 20   44/1219    "Re: [GRASS-dev] g.mapsets, print only accessible mapsets"
   42       Martin Landa      Mar 20   28/1011      "Re: [GRASS-dev] g.mapsets, print only accessible mapsets"
   43       Maris Nartiss     Mar 20   23/639         "Re: [GRASS-dev] g.mapsets, print only accessible mapsets"
   44       Hamish            Mar 20   27/866       "Re: [GRASS-dev] g.mapsets, print only accessible mapsets"
   45       Martin Landa      Mar 20   29/880         "Re: [GRASS-dev] g.mapsets, print only accessible mapsets"
   46       Glynn Clements    Mar 20   26/912     "Re: [GRASS-dev] g.mapsets, print only accessible mapsets"
   47    R  Martin Landa      Mar 20   37/1427      "Re: [GRASS-dev] g.mapsets, print only accessible mapsets"
   48       Glynn Clements    Mar 21   53/2146        "Re: [GRASS-dev] g.mapsets, print only accessible mapsets"
   49    R  Martin Landa      Mar 24  124/5368          "Re: [GRASS-dev] g.mapsets, print only accessible mapsets"
   50       Glynn Clements    Mar 24   33/1157            "Re: [GRASS-dev] g.mapsets, print only accessible mapsets"
   51    R  Martin Landa      Mar 24   92/5354              "Re: [GRASS-dev] g.mapsets, print only accessible mapsets"
   52       Glynn Clements    Mar 25   21/749                 "Re: [GRASS-dev] g.mapsets, print only accessible mapsets"
   53       Martin Landa      Mar 25   23/779                   "Re: [GRASS-dev] g.mapsets, print only accessible mapsets"

to:

  631       GRASS GIS         Apr  4   33/1722  "[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #117: r.digit fails if launched from menu"
  632       GRASS GIS         Apr  4   33/1718    "[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #117: r.digit fails if launched from menu"
  633       GRASS GIS         Apr  5   30/1495    "[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #117: r.digit fails if launched from menu"
  634       GRASS GIS         Apr  5   32/1653    "[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #117: r.digit fails if launched from menu"
  635       GRASS GIS         Apr  5   44/2597    "[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #117: r.digit fails if launched from menu"
  637       GRASS GIS         Apr  5   34/1795    "[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #117: r.digit fails if launched from menu"
  638       GRASS GIS         Apr  5   36/1929    "[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #117: r.digit fails if launched from menu"
  639       GRASS GIS         Apr  6   53/3230    "[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #117: r.digit fails if launched from menu"
  641       GRASS GIS         Apr  7   39/2200    "[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #117: r.digit fails if launched from menu"
  642       GRASS GIS         Apr 12   30/1491    "[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #117: r.digit fails if launched from menu"
  643       GRASS GIS         Apr 13   50/2987    "[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #117: r.digit: make guarantee_xmon fail nicely on WinGrass"

Also: a follow-up results in "GRASS GIS wrote:", and I have to
actually think about trimming the message to indicate who is being
replied to.

Also, having both [GRASS-dev] and [GRASS trac] in the subject line
wastes even more space that could be used for meaningful information. 
I accept that we are probably stuck with [GRASS-dev] as a sop to OE
users (any decent mail client can filter on the Sender: field, and so
doesn't need Subject: to be mangled), but the second one is pointless.

These factors (coupled with the fact that I have to switch away from
the XEmacs window where I spend 99% of my time to a web browser) make
trac sufficiently inferior to email that I don't intend to use it for
discussion, and will probably pay less attention to trac-based threads
than those where I can actually navigate the thread.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>